1,855 ft
Distance
9 ft
Climb
-307 ft
Descent
00:10:01
Avg time
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Boney Elbows Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
  • Riding Area
    Alice Lake & Highlands
    Squamish, British Columbia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM
  • Trail Usage
    Biking Only
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Season
    Year Round
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • TTFs on Trail
    Rock Face
  • Ride in Rain
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #204 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    90 in Mountain Biking

For those that love to ride granite the trail has a lot to offer. The trail consists of 4-5 slabs, a x/c climb and a viewpoint.

After the first slabs is a fast section of trail that is unique as it rides like a granite pump track.

Keep an eye out for two optional lines that break off from the flow of the trail on the right hand side. These are more difficult.

If you do not like granite slabs this trail is not worth riding.

Local Trail Association
More Stats for Boney Elbows bike trail
  • Altitude change
    -297 ft
  • Altitude min
    695 ft
  • Altitude max
    992 ft
  • Altitude start
    992 ft
  • Altitude end
    695 ft
  • Grade
    -16.027%
  • Grade max
    -244.742%
  • Grade min
    41.147%
  • Distance climb
    46 ft
  • Distance down
    1,729 ft
  • Distance flat
    80 ft
  • Avg time
    00:10:01
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Status:
on Dec 10, 2019
Wet
Avg: 4.75 (44 votes)

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  • Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
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      Boney Elbows Trail Reports

      statusdatedescription
      Dec 10, 2019 @ 10:00pm
      Dec 10, 2019
      		 reporter
      Tree removed. Sorca trail crew
      Nov 30, 2019 @ 12:19pm
      Nov 30, 2019
      		 No Ice, dry, great traction, running great!
      Nov 2, 2019 @ 11:12am
      Nov 2, 2019
      Nov 1, 2019 @ 3:44pm
      Nov 1, 2019
      Sep 20, 2019 @ 2:26pm
      Sep 20, 2019
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

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      • 0 rides
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      6 Months
      • 570 rides
      • 10 miles avg distance
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      • 1,721 rides
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      Oct 21, 2019 @ 5:52pm
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      Jun 26, 2016 @ 8:22pm
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      Trail Products

      7 Reviews & Comments

      • + 3
      flag dosagushi (May 6, 2015 at 17:22)
       Damn fun slabs ! great trail !
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      flag zestylife (Nov 15, 2015 at 8:43)
       Woohoo!
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      flag j-rawk (Feb 27, 2016 at 12:20)
       Mandatory slabs are not too hard, optional ones look gnarly!
      [Reply]
      • + 2
      flag ironhorsebike1 (Jul 31, 2018 at 7:30)
       Unreal slabs I've never seen anything like these in the lower US. So rad! Kinda sketchy when wet, but still gotta send it.
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      flag awesomemtb (Oct 13, 2018 at 19:21)
       Super fun trail! Couple of big slabs with go arounds for most of them if you aren’t feeling it. Nothing too crazy and good warm up For dirks diggler
      [Reply]
      • + 1
      flag arennick (Jul 16, 2019 at 14:37)
       Super fun slabs!! Nothin too crazy, and still doable when wet... with caution.
      [Reply]
      • + 0
      flag mennotele (Sep 30, 2019 at 12:19)
       Just
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